letter-perfect
Americanadjective
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knowing one's part, lesson, or the like, perfectly.
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precise or exact in every detail; verbatim.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of letter-perfect
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Studious youngsters will strive to be letter-perfect at the finals of the "91st Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee."
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2018
Which is perplexing, because “The Americans” is an empirically letter-perfect prestige drama.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2015
And that’s what he did, performing a near letter-perfect cover of Eddie Cochran’s fast-moving mouthful -“Twenty Flight Rock,” to the astonishment of Lennon and his bandmates.
From Time ● Jun. 18, 2012
David Hallberg is not letter-perfect as Oberon: there are times when those amazingly long legs are taxed by the speed and intricacy of Ashton’s lower-body movement.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2010
By the time the company reached New York they were almost letter-perfect, and the opening at Proctor's on November 16th was a brilliant success.
From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Isaac Frederick Marcosson
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